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Author:	SteveO	Created:	3/10/2010
See what Steve-O has been up to in Kanas City lately.

GIN BLOSSOMS SHOW

By SteveO on 8/27/2010

DRINKING IT ALL IN: Jennifer pours ice-cold beer in the JACK-FM Coors Light Refreshment Party Deck.

HEY JEALOUSY: Gin Blossoms play to a packed house, wrapping up our Coors Light Summer Concert Series.

GETTING SAUCY: JACK-FM listeners were well-fed thanks to Josh [far right] and the crew at Pizza Bar.

AND I THOUGHT SPINNING RECORDS WAS IMPRESSIVE: Hand-made with love before your eyes.

THIS IS CRACKER SOUL

By SteveO on 8/18/2010

FRIDAY, JULY 9 ON THE KC LIVE STAGE: MTV favorite Cracker.

Hours before the show, we were treated to an acoustic performance from Cracker's David Lowery [left] and a surprise visit from original Camper Van Beethoven guitarist Greg Lisher [right.]

LOOKING FOR THE BEAR NECESSITIES

By SteveO on 8/14/2010

Nikita is a 700-pound polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo. When was the last time YOU were this close to a bear?

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD: Also on Saturday ... Price Chopper in Bonner Springs had a three-day truckload sale.

I FEEL LIKE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING: Wait, batteries. I hope they have batteries. Where are the batteries?

FREE STUFF RULES: Vic hands out movie passes, JACK-FM stickers and last-minute Jack Johnson concert tickets.

WINNING ATTITUDE: The Bonner Springs Braves football team sells brats and hot dogs to raise funds.

BETTER THAN EZRA AT CROSSROADS-KC

By SteveO on 8/6/2010

WHICH ONE'S EZRA? Better Than Ezra returned to the Crossroads-KC, presented by JACK-FM.

EATING FRESH IN GLADSTONE

By SteveO on 7/27/2010

MOVE IT ON OVER: When you drive the JACK-FM H3, you don't need to bother with ordinary "parking spaces."

DIABETES FRIENDLY: Loitering at a Gladstone Subway location with the owner, and the VITAZEST guy.

Wait -- Subway does BREAKFAST now? AND they have a new Hickory BBQ Chicken sandwich for lunch? Nice.

LIVE FROM GLADSTONE

By SteveO on 7/24/2010

GIMME BLUE STEEL, GUYS: Striking a bad-ass pose at Gladstone Dodge Jeep Chrysler Ram.

ANYONE WANNA BUY THIS CAR FOR ME? Some great sales going on at the moment...

DUDE, DON'T BUY THAT RECORD: Hangin' with the owner of Earwaxx Records, a few blocks up the street.

JACK-FM AND COORS LIGHT SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

By SteveO on 7/9/2010

FRIDAY, JULY 23 ON THE KC LIVE STAGE: rock and roll band Fuel turned it beyond 11. Photos HERE.

Those are the JACK-FM listeners up above, enjoying the show from the Coors Light Refreshment Party Deck.

Spicy wings for the party provided by the gals at McFadden's Sports Saloon, celebrating Christmas in July.

Concert admission: FREE. But JACK listeners (including those who happened to be coming from Bachelorette parties) got all-access to the Coors Light VIP party deck overlooking the stage.

Big thanks to Chef Birdi from Tango Sed Cantina (right) for complimentary Mexican cuisine at our VIP parties.

The after-party was at Angels Rock Bar, where I crashed the DJ booth to bug DJ Allen Michael [right.]

Thanks also to my JACK-FM road crew for carrying all the equipment and making me sound so good. :-)

ON-LOCATION AT OLATHE FORD, LINCOLN MERCURY

By SteveO on 6/26/2010

JACK-FM was on-location at Olathe Ford handing out free oil, lube and filter change gift certificates.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET

By SteveO on 6/6/2010

LIVE IN THE LUNCHROOM: Truta from JACK's Big Breakfast, moi, Glen Phillips from Toad the Wet Sprocket.

FRESHER WAYS TO SAVE

By SteveO on 6/5/2010

We visited Price Chopper in Platte City to investigate the newly turbo-charged Chopper Shopper Rewards cards.

Too busy to grocery shop and cook? There's a Planet Sub inside the store -- not to mention tasty Zepi's Pizza.

Price Chopper is known for some of the best fruits and vegetables around -- and a fantastic meat section.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

By SteveO on 5/31/2010

Started off the weekend at Westlake Ace Hardware in Independence, Missouri. "Big" know-how indeed!

Found a flea market next door, and bought these out-of-print 80's records dirt cheap. Ammo for the Vinyl Vault!

Nothing like a little record shopping to work up an appetite ... thankfully Fiorella's Jack Stack has BBQ to go!

Visited some friends who have a pool on the roof of their loft. Great view of KC from nine stories up!

STEVE-O's MIX TAPE: "GOLDEN YEARS PART ONE"

By SteveO on 5/29/2010

Thanks to my seldom-worn Operation shirt, I thought I had the sharpest look around going into the three-day Memorial Day weekend -- 'til I got a haircut at Chop Tops in Merriam. Dang, should I get my hair dyed black??

LIVE AT SCHLITTERBAHN VACATION VILLAGE WATER RESORT

By SteveO on 5/23/2010

The first full season at the brand new Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Water Park in Kansas City, KS.

KANSAS CITY BEERFEST 2010

By SteveO on 5/22/2010

These people came to Westport on a sunny Saturday afternoon for Kansas City Beerfest 2010.

Volunteers supported a healthy variety of beers ... and raised money for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic.

Visitors were able to sample countless varieties of beer, bock, porter, lager, ale, IPA, you name it.

What's better than all the ice-cold beer you care to drink? How about live music from Snot Rocket!

Beerfest is a chance to sample exotic tastes from Canada, Germany, Belgium, and every place in between.

Of course, some of the best beers come from the USA! I'm fond of Kansas City's own Boulevard beer.

SONIC CREW SHOWS OFF THEIR NEW ICE CREAM SHAKES

By SteveO on 5/20/2010

I've always been a fan of the Sonic half-price happy hour on drinks between 2-4 pm. But now I'm torn between the cherry limeade and the newly improved real ice cream shakes.

NATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

By SteveO on 5/18/2010

So many great museums in Kansas City, including the one I visit quite often -- the National World War I Museum.

I LOVE RECORD STORES!

By SteveO on 4/17/2010

April 17th was my sister's birthday (happy birthday, Rebecca) but it was also Record Store Day. As if I needed another reason to drop in at Vinyl Renaissance or Zebedee's RPM.

MMM, TWIZZLERS

By SteveO on 4/17/2010

Now THERE'S a product I'm happy to endorse. Click HERE for Hershey's Twizzlers website.

THE MOST TAXING DAY OF THE YEAR

By SteveO on 4/15/2010

It's an annual tradition to wait 'til April 15th to file my taxes. The crew from Five Star Tax & Business Solutions dropped in to record a commercial, and I hired them on the spot to manage my vast financial empire. (Ha!) Smart move on my part though; with their help I nearly doubled my tax refund this year.

HEY LAST-MINUTE FILERS: They're open until midnight April 15th and they do take walk-ins! And it's never too early to start on next year's taxes either. (816) 444-0004

SNAKES ALIVE, AT KC ZOO

By SteveO on 4/2/2010

Time for the spring season at the Kansas City Zoo. They're open year-round, but there's some new stuff now!

Kids always seem to love the North American river otters.

JACK-FM was on hand for the grand opening of Snakes Alive!

Don't worry, this was just the scene at the gift shop. The real critters are generally behind glass.

MARCH MADNESS IN THE POWER & LIGHT DISTRICT

By SteveO on 3/31/2010

Never a shortage of cool people in Kansas City's Power & Light District!

VIVA LAS VEGAS

By SteveO on 3/29/2010

Spent a few days in Las Vegas. I'd never been there before, so I was determined to see everything!

Actually, I don't gamble AT ALL, but if I did this would be the first machine I'd put money into for sure.

I re-read When the Mob Ran Vegas, an account of the early days of this fascinating town. Not long ago I spent several weeks with author Steve Fischer, recording the 6-CD audiobook version. Steve's an interesting guy to hang out with, he knows this town inside-out and was happy to share extra stories not included in the original publication.

Click HERE if you're curious to know more.